Suburban Propane Partners (SPH) Competitors

Boot Barn (NYSE:BOOT) and Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BOOT or SPH?

Boot Barn has higher revenue and earnings than Suburban Propane Partners. Suburban Propane Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boot Barn, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Boot Barn	$1.91B	2.52	$147M	$5.86	26.84
Suburban Propane Partners	$1.42B	0.87	$74.17M	$1.44	13.28

Does the media favor BOOT or SPH?

In the previous week, Boot Barn had 37 more articles in the media than Suburban Propane Partners. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Boot Barn and 2 mentions for Suburban Propane Partners. Boot Barn's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Suburban Propane Partners' score of -0.10 indicating that Boot Barn is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boot Barn	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Suburban Propane Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BOOT or SPH a better dividend stock?

Boot Barn pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Suburban Propane Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Boot Barn pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Suburban Propane Partners pays out 90.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BOOT or SPH?

Boot Barn received 248 more outperform votes than Suburban Propane Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.73% of users gave Boot Barn an outperform vote while only 57.22% of users gave Suburban Propane Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boot Barn	Outperform Votes 557 63.73%	Underperform Votes 317 36.27%
Suburban Propane Partners	Outperform Votes 309 57.22%	Underperform Votes 231 42.78%

Do analysts rate BOOT or SPH?

Boot Barn presently has a consensus target price of $170.62, indicating a potential upside of 8.49%. Suburban Propane Partners has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.78%. Given Suburban Propane Partners' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Suburban Propane Partners is more favorable than Boot Barn.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boot Barn	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Suburban Propane Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BOOT or SPH?

30.9% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Boot Barn shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BOOT or SPH more profitable?

Boot Barn has a net margin of 9.36% compared to Suburban Propane Partners' net margin of 5.18%. Boot Barn's return on equity of 17.11% beat Suburban Propane Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boot Barn	9.36%	17.11%	9.38%
Suburban Propane Partners	5.18%	11.81%	2.98%

Which has more volatility and risk, BOOT or SPH?

Boot Barn has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suburban Propane Partners has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Boot Barn beats Suburban Propane Partners on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.